NY Daily News front page for Thursday: 'God isn't fixing this'

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

98. It is one thing to say, "I don't believe in God and I think that those who do are at best deluded"

I can understand why people may be atheists. I could make the arguments against religion as well as any of you.

My objection is that at least some atheists here on DU make statements about religion that can only be termed bigoted, and this is quite acceptable. What makes it worse is that if a believer says "Your statement is bigoted", this is NOT acceptable.

A good example is what you just wrote: You called believers "crazy" and are saying -- or at least strongly implying -- that there is no actual difference between a run-of-the-mill Catholic and a member of ISIS. (On the DU Religion forum, people have said exactly that.) If I were to say, "This is bigotry" and were to be reported, I would undoubtedly be stomped on, but if I were to report your statement, it would equally undoubtedly be seen as OK. I have personally had exactly that happen.

I have a question: As I said, I have no problem understanding why some people are atheists. What I don't understand is why some atheists seem almost compelled to be nasty about it.